13.3 Expert Systems
We often rely on experts for their unique knowledge and understanding of a particular field. We go to a doctor when we have a health problem, an auto mechanic when our car won’t start, and an engineer when we need to build something.
A knowledge-based system is a software system that embodies and uses a specific set of information (organized data) from which it extracts and processes particular pieces. The terms expert system and knowledge-based system are often used interchangeably, although expert systems usually embody the knowledge of a specialized field, modeling the expertise of a professional in that field. A user consults an expert system when confronted with a particular problem, and the system uses its expertise ...
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